Just 4 minutes ago, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday, July 30th, 2026, at 8:34 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 4.5 miles below the surface.The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 3.1 earthquake.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Aspen Springs (pop. 65) located 8 miles from the epicenter, and Mammoth Lakes (pop. 7,900) 12 miles away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include West Bishop (pop. 2,600) located 23 miles from the epicenter, Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek (pop. 2,600) 25 miles away, Bishop (pop. 3,800) 26 miles away, and Big Pine (pop. 1,800) 38 miles away.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 30, 2026 07:34 am (Los Angeles time) local time (30 Jul 2026 15:34 GMT)Magnitude: 3.6Depth: 7.22 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 37.5°N / 118.84°W (Mono County, California, United States)Primary data source: USGS